The 2016 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament took place from March 10–12, 2016 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. Hawaii won the tournament, defeating Long Beach State in the championship, and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA tournament. Cal State Northridge did not participate in the tournament due to a self-imposed postseason ban for academic fraud violations.
Seeds The top 8 conference teams were eligible for the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. Teams were reseeded after the Quarterfinals. SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker 1 Hawaii 13–3 2–0 vs. UC Irvine 2 UC Irvine 13–3 0–2 vs. Hawaii 3 Long Beach State 12–4 4 UC Santa Barbara 11–5 5 UC Davis 6–10 6 UC Riverside 5–11 7 Cal Poly 4–12 8 Cal State Fullerton 3–13
Schedule GameTime*Matchup#Final scoreTelevision Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10112:00 pm#4 UC Santa Barbara vs. #5 UC Davis87–61Prime Ticket22:30 pm#1 Hawaii vs. #8 CS Fullerton75–4436:00 pm#2 UC Irvine vs. #7 Cal Poly84–6448:30 pm#3 Long Beach State v. #6 UC Riverside82–74 Semifinals – Friday, March 1156:30 pm#1 Hawaii vs. #4 UC Santa Barbara88–76ESPN369:00 pm#2 UC Irvine vs. #3 Long Beach State72–77ESPNU Championship – Saturday, March 1278:30 pm#1 Hawaii vs. #3 Long Beach State64–60ESPN2 *Game times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. All games held at Honda Center, Anaheim, CA
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